Text: Joshua 2:9
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 15:15
Subject: Canaanite hearts melting in fear
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Rahab's declaration that "all who dwell in the land are melting in fear" (Joshua 2:9) uses the same verb נָמֹגוּ (namogu, "melted") that Exodus 15:15 employs to predict the response of Canaan's inhabitants to God's deliverance at the Red Sea. The Song of the Sea anticipated that the nations would tremble and melt when they heard of God's power; Rahab serves as the living witness that this prediction came true. Her confession that "we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea" (Josh 2:10) confirms that the specific mechanism of terror Exodus 15 envisioned -- hearing of God's mighty acts -- was exactly what produced the melting of Canaanite hearts a generation later.
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Text: Exodus 15:15
OT Text Referred to: Joshua 2:9
Subject: inhabitants of Canaan melt
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Significance: Exodus 15:15 prophetically declares that "those who dwell in Canaan will melt away" (נָמֹגוּ, namogu) before Israel, and Joshua 2:9 records Rahab confirming this prediction fulfilled: "I know that the LORD has given you this land, and that the fear of you has fallen on us, and all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you." Rahab uses the same verb (מוּג, mug, "to melt/dissolve") that the Song of the Sea predicted, and she explicitly attributes the melting to the Red Sea crossing and the victories over Sihon and Og. The Song of the Sea thus functions as both celebration and prophecy—its vision of Canaan's terror is validated forty years later through the mouth of a Canaanite witness.